1984 Major League

1984 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1984 American League 1984 National League

1984 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1984 Postseason
1984 Season as Seen Through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run) "

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): 0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)


Basic Player Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by pWOPA)
Team	Games	Wins	Losses	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
Detroit Tigers	162.0	104.0	58.0	266.0	220.0	46.1
Chicago Cubs	161.0	96.0	65.0	257.0	226.0	30.5
San Diego Padres	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.6
New York Mets	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.7
Toronto Blue Jays	163.0	89.5	73.5	252.5	236.5	15.9
New York Yankees	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.2
Boston Red Sox	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.2
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	8.0
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.7
Kansas City Royals	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.3
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	0.4
Minnesota Twins	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.7
California Angels	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-1.0
Atlanta Braves	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.3
Houston Astros	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-3.5
Montreal Expos	161.0	78.0	83.0	239.0	244.0	-5.2
Oakland Athletics	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.0
Cleveland Indians	163.0	75.5	87.5	238.5	250.5	-12.3
Chicago White Sox	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.4
Seattle Mariners	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.7
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-22.4
Texas Rangers	161.0	69.0	92.0	230.0	253.0	-23.5
Milwaukee Brewers	161.0	67.0	94.0	228.0	255.0	-27.6
San Francisco Giants	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.2

Ties count as 0.5 win and 0.5 loss. Teams in bold made the postseason. pWins equal team wins plus team games; pLosses equal team losses plus team games.


Expected Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by eWORL)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Detroit Tigers	252.9	233.1	20.5	47.6
Chicago Cubs	248.8	234.2	15.4	41.6
Philadelphia Phillies	249.7	236.3	15.4	41.6
Toronto Blue Jays	249.9	239.1	11.3	38.9
Baltimore Orioles	246.0	240.0	6.1	33.3
New York Yankees	245.6	240.4	4.9	32.2
Boston Red Sox	245.4	240.6	4.3	31.5
Houston Astros	244.9	241.1	3.8	30.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	244.1	241.9	3.3	29.4
California Angels	243.6	242.4	0.9	28.1
New York Mets	243.2	242.8	1.5	28.0
San Diego Padres	243.5	242.5	1.5	27.9
Kansas City Royals	243.4	242.6	0.6	27.6
Montreal Expos	241.1	241.9	0.2	26.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	242.4	243.6	-0.5	25.6
Atlanta Braves	242.4	243.6	-1.0	25.3
Cleveland Indians	243.3	245.7	-2.3	25.2
Chicago White Sox	242.1	243.9	-2.0	25.1
St. Louis Cardinals	241.9	244.1	-1.9	24.4
Minnesota Twins	240.9	245.1	-4.4	22.9
Oakland Athletics	241.3	244.7	-4.5	22.8
Seattle Mariners	240.8	245.2	-4.7	22.6
San Francisco Giants	239.1	246.9	-6.2	20.3
Texas Rangers	237.9	245.1	-7.4	19.6
Cincinnati Reds	237.9	248.1	-9.9	16.7
Milwaukee Brewers	235.3	247.7	-13.0	14.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	122.3	107.5	0.532	14.8
Philadelphia Phillies	116.8	107.8	0.520	9.0
San Francisco Giants	111.4	104.8	0.515	6.6
Oakland Athletics	112.3	106.0	0.515	6.3
Chicago Cubs	109.7	103.8	0.514	5.9
Boston Red Sox	113.4	107.8	0.513	5.6
Toronto Blue Jays	112.3	106.7	0.513	5.6
New York Yankees	116.2	111.9	0.509	4.3
Houston Astros	113.8	109.7	0.509	4.0
Baltimore Orioles	112.4	109.2	0.507	3.2
San Diego Padres	107.9	107.1	0.502	0.8
Montreal Expos	111.8	111.2	0.501	0.6
Chicago White Sox	111.5	111.7	0.500	-0.1
California Angels	109.0	109.4	0.499	-0.4
New York Mets	106.0	106.7	0.498	-0.7
Seattle Mariners	107.2	109.1	0.496	-1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	106.6	108.6	0.495	-2.1
Atlanta Braves	108.8	111.0	0.495	-2.2
Cincinnati Reds	105.1	107.4	0.494	-2.4
Cleveland Indians	109.5	112.5	0.493	-3.1
Kansas City Royals	110.3	114.2	0.491	-3.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	103.6	108.9	0.488	-5.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	106.8	112.9	0.486	-6.2
Minnesota Twins	106.8	113.0	0.486	-6.2
Texas Rangers	105.9	113.8	0.482	-7.9
Milwaukee Brewers	103.1	111.4	0.481	-8.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	12.9	11.2	0.537	1.8
Chicago Cubs	13.4	11.8	0.532	1.6
Texas Rangers	11.3	9.7	0.537	1.6
Toronto Blue Jays	13.0	11.5	0.530	1.5
St. Louis Cardinals	13.5	12.2	0.525	1.3
San Diego Padres	14.2	12.9	0.524	1.3
Cleveland Indians	12.7	11.6	0.521	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	13.9	12.9	0.518	1.0
Montreal Expos	13.1	12.2	0.519	0.9
Boston Red Sox	10.2	9.7	0.514	0.6
Kansas City Royals	10.9	10.8	0.503	0.1
New York Yankees	10.9	10.8	0.502	0.1
Chicago White Sox	11.1	11.0	0.501	0.1
Houston Astros	13.3	13.4	0.500	-0.0
Oakland Athletics	11.9	12.0	0.497	-0.1
Seattle Mariners	11.3	11.4	0.496	-0.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.7	12.9	0.496	-0.2
Minnesota Twins	9.6	9.9	0.494	-0.2
Baltimore Orioles	8.7	9.0	0.491	-0.3
Cincinnati Reds	12.5	12.9	0.492	-0.4
Atlanta Braves	11.3	12.0	0.484	-0.7
California Angels	10.1	10.9	0.482	-0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.3	12.3	0.479	-1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	10.1	11.1	0.476	-1.0
Detroit Tigers	11.2	12.7	0.470	-1.5
San Francisco Giants	12.1	13.8	0.466	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	75.5	68.7	0.524	6.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	75.3	69.5	0.520	5.8
Detroit Tigers	75.7	70.0	0.519	5.7
Philadelphia Phillies	70.8	66.1	0.517	4.7
Kansas City Royals	75.1	71.1	0.514	4.0
New York Yankees	74.3	71.1	0.511	3.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	75.1	72.0	0.510	3.1
Cleveland Indians	76.0	73.4	0.509	2.7
Boston Red Sox	76.8	74.2	0.509	2.6
Houston Astros	71.1	69.0	0.507	2.0
Atlanta Braves	73.6	72.0	0.506	1.6
Toronto Blue Jays	78.7	77.2	0.505	1.5
California Angels	76.0	74.5	0.505	1.5
New York Mets	78.1	76.7	0.505	1.4
Minnesota Twins	77.2	77.1	0.500	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	75.7	75.6	0.500	0.1
Texas Rangers	75.7	76.1	0.499	-0.4
Seattle Mariners	75.7	77.3	0.495	-1.6
Milwaukee Brewers	74.7	76.3	0.495	-1.6
Chicago White Sox	75.0	76.8	0.494	-1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	71.4	73.2	0.494	-1.8
Montreal Expos	69.9	71.9	0.493	-1.9
San Diego Padres	74.8	77.5	0.491	-2.7
Cincinnati Reds	75.8	78.9	0.490	-3.1
Oakland Athletics	70.3	79.1	0.470	-8.9
San Francisco Giants	68.2	77.1	0.469	-8.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.3	46.3	0.516	3.0
Minnesota Twins	47.4	44.9	0.513	2.5
San Diego Padres	47.0	44.7	0.513	2.3
Baltimore Orioles	48.7	46.5	0.512	2.2
Toronto Blue Jays	45.6	43.9	0.510	1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	52.2	50.8	0.507	1.4
California Angels	48.6	47.4	0.506	1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	50.8	49.7	0.506	1.1
Montreal Expos	47.0	46.0	0.506	1.1
Kansas City Royals	47.1	46.5	0.503	0.6
Chicago White Sox	44.7	44.1	0.503	0.6
Atlanta Braves	48.8	48.3	0.503	0.6
Texas Rangers	45.4	45.0	0.502	0.4
Chicago Cubs	50.2	49.9	0.501	0.3
Detroit Tigers	43.3	43.3	0.500	0.1
Oakland Athletics	47.2	47.2	0.500	-0.0
Seattle Mariners	46.9	47.2	0.499	-0.3
Milwaukee Brewers	47.6	48.5	0.496	-0.8
New York Mets	46.8	47.7	0.495	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	48.8	49.9	0.494	-1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	48.2	49.4	0.493	-1.3
Houston Astros	46.9	48.8	0.490	-1.9
New York Yankees	44.3	46.5	0.488	-2.2
Cleveland Indians	45.4	47.9	0.487	-2.5
Cincinnati Reds	45.2	48.3	0.484	-3.0
Boston Red Sox	44.9	48.9	0.479	-4.0

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1984 Major League

Ballpark Factors
Net Win Values
Positional Averages
Replacement Levels
Division of Shared Credit
Event Probabilities

^*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.

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